Who is Jeff Sessions and why is he under fire from Donald Trump?

Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, has been under fire from President Donald Trump, the man who appointed him.

Mr Trump has called the former Alabama Senator "beleaguered" and indicated he is "very disappointed" in him.

Mr Sessions has refused to resign and maintained a public silence over the criticism.

Who is Jeff Sessions?

Jeff Sessions is sworn in as attorney general

Mr Sessions is the attorney general. Before that he was a Senator for Alabama and the first member of the Senate to back Mr Trump’s run for the Republican nomination. He was a key adviser during the campaign, including on foreign policy.

His two roles – campaign adviser and attorney general – brought early criticism that Mr Trump was politicising the Justice Department....